Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-15
WASHINGTON.
Interstate Commerce Commission to
Meet Again MOnday-WhV the
South Was First Served.
Justice William B. Woods of the Supreme
Court of the United States Passes
Quietly Away.
INTERSTATE COMMISSION.
SpeciaI TO the Gazette.

Special to the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, May 1.-THE Interstate
commission will meet again IN this city on
Monday. Commissioner Schoonmaker,
in an interview at Kingston, N. Y, yes
terday, said: "The statement that the
commission does not see the propriety OF
doing in the northern states what it did
with haste and prior to any investigation
at the south, is inexcusabIy erroneous.
! The first applications were made by the
southern roads and for that reason they
were first acted upon. If relief has not
been granted to northern roads other than
those already favored, it is because it has
not been asked for. The rule of the COM
mission has been to act upon applications,
not to volunteer giving relief when none
was sought"
FOR IMPROVING BUFFALO BAYOU.
Special to the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, May 1.-THE following
was the only proposal received, April %,
by Major o. Il. Ernst of the corps of
engineers for improving Buffalo bayou:
John Atkins, Houston, Tex, dredging
| $4,000 cubic yards of material under
water, % cents per cubic yard; dredging
1850 cubic yards of material above
water, 20 cents per cubic yard; removing
sunken logs, 1000 cubic feet, cents per
foot; removing oYerhanging trees, $50
cubic feet, 4 cents per cubic foot; re-
moving stumps at cost, $16,3I0. The
contract was awarded.
JUSTICE WOODS DEAD.
WASHINGTON, May 14.-Justice Woods
CT the United States Supreme court died
few minutes after - O'Clock to-day.
THE PARTICULARS.
WASHINGTON, May l4.-Justice William
B. Woods, of the Supreme Court of the
United States, died at his residence in
this city at 12:1O p. m. to-day. He was
seriously Ill in California about a
month ago, but improved enough
to enable him to come home.
After his arrival he continued
to grow worse. His disease was dropsy.
He suffered intensely lsst night, but in
the early morning he apparently became
insensible to pain. He was entirely IN
conscious this morning and the only
evidence of life visible was his slow
respirations. His family realized that
the end was near. He passed away
peacefully without evincing any signs of
returning consciousness. 1t was at
intervals only that he manifested any
recognition of those around him. 1t is
understood to be the desire Of
Justice Woods family to have him
buried in Ohio, where he was born.
The funeral arrangements have not
been made. Justice Woods was born in
Newark, Ohio, and after receiving his
primary education was sent to Yale
college, where he graduated in 1915.
Subsequently he studied law and began
the practice of his profession. In 1917,
entering the political arena as
Democrat, he was elected in 1867 to
the Ohio Legislature an was made
Speaker, and was reelected to the same
body two years thereafter. After the
breaking out of the war in 1861, he went
into the military service as Lieutenant
Colonel of the Seventy-siXth Infantry,
serving until the war closed, when he was
breveted MajOr-Generel. He was mus
tered out IN Alabama, where he remained,
returning to his legal duties and political
life. He was chosen State Chancellor
for six years, but after serving in
this position for two years he was ap-
pointed by President Grant Circuit Judge
of the United States for the Fifth dis
trict, which he held while residing in
Mobile for number OF years. His pro-
motion to the United States Supreme
court took place in 1880.
THE SURPLUS GROWING.
WASHINGTON, May 1.-THE govern
ment receipts have been very heavy so far
this month, and the expenditures less
than usual. The receipts are S17,801,-
ia, and the expenditures $5,155,165
net gain, 81, 645, $40. The available s1r-
plus according to the Treasurer's calcu-
lation is now stated at S42. 100000, an in
crease Of about $40, 100000 since the 1st
inst.
INDIAN SEVERALTY LAW.
WAsHINGTON, May 14.-Frederick> o..
Prince, ex-mayor of Boston and repre-
sentative of the Indian Rights AsseeSa
ton of New Eugland, to-day had Con-
ference with Secretary Lamar st the
latter's request, upon the question of the
selection of propositions to carry into
effect the Indian severalty law passed as
the last session of Congress, preparss
lions for which are now. bsing
made as to the DeYil's Lake, Sisseton
and Siletz reservations in the northwest.
In addition to the special agents pro-
vided for in the act, the New England
Association will employ at its own cost
some suitable person, to see that the law
is carried out in spirit, justice and equity.